Verse 5

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men Herren kom ned for å se på byen og tårnet som menneskene bygde.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Herren steg ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskenes barn hadde bygget.

• Norsk King James

  Herren kom ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskenes barn bygde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herren kom ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene bygde.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Herren kom ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene bygde.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da steg Herren ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene hadde bygd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Herren kom ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskebarna hadde bygget.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da steg Herren ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene hadde bygd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da steg Herren ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene hadde bygget.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Herren steg ned for å se på byen og tårnet menneskene var i ferd med å bygge.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da nedfoer Herren, for at see den Stad og det Taarn, som Menneskens Børn byggede.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da kom Herren ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene hadde bygd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Herren kom ned for å se på byen og tårnet som menneskene bygget.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da steg Herren ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene bygde.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da steg Herren ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene bygde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Herren kom ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene bygde.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the LORde came downe to see the cyte and the toure which the childern of Ada had buylded.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then came ye LORDE downe, to se ye cite & tower, yt ye childre of me had buylded.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and towre, which the sonnes of men builded.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But the Lorde came downe to see the citie and towre whiche the chyldren of men buylded.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 18:21 : 21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to me; and if not, I will know.
• Exod 19:11 : 11 And be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
• Exod 3:8 : 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Exod 19:20 : 20 And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount, and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
• John 3:13 : 13 No man has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the children of men.
• Ps 33:13-14 : 13 The LORD looks from heaven; he sees all the children of men. 14 From the place of his dwelling, he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
• Jer 23:23-24 : 23 Am I a God nearby, says the LORD, and not a God afar off? 24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.
• Exod 19:18 : 18 And Mount Sinai was all in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.